Improvement in corn-planters



B. F.TOMB.

Corn Plant-er.

No.104,664. Patented June 21, 1870.

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WM sac Letters Patent No. 104,664, dated June 21,1867.

annoys-MEN: m CORN-PLANTERS.

-' El'he Schedule referred. to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. TOMB, of Tiflin, in the county of Seneca and in the State of Ohio, have invented certainlnew and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; aml do hereby declare that the fol-- lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making-a part of this specification.

Thenature of my invention .consists'in the construction and arrangement of an improved cornplanter, in which .the dropping-boxes are' placed under the axle-tree. V

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I,,will now proceedto describe its construction and operation, referring to thc'annexed drawing, in which-' i Figure l is a transverse vertical section, and \FignreZ is a plan -view of my corn-planter. A represents the axle of my machine, upon which are secured two side-beams, BB.

'The axle,A' and side-beams B B, with the (BOUTIQUE:

- ing-beam C, atthe front ends of the side-beams, formthe frameQor carriage'of the planter, the said connectingbeam C running parallel with the axle.

The tonguel) is secured on top and in the center of the cross-beam O, and'is braced to the axle A by ends, by means of a friction-roller, a, mounted upon 'a pin, which is sccuredto both of said bars, and near their lower ends, between. them, is pivoted a tongue,

b, projecting from a platform, I, which supports the h'opperJ.

The rear end of the platform I is suspended by means of a chain, K, which is attached to a shaft, L,

, pivoted on the side-beams B B, in rear of the axle A.

, The shaft L being provided 'with' a lever, M, it can rcadilybo turned, so as to raise or lower the platform at will. i

Across the lower ends of the bars H H, under the tongup b, is secured the corn-plow N, and under the platform are pivoted the .covering-plowsfi O.

' 'Lhcsc plows are secured by pins ll that the rear I end of the platform, in such a manncr that they can be adjusted out or in ptqileasure;

Thehoppcr J is divided, bya' central partition, e, into two compartments, as seen in fig. 1,an. the slide f in the bottom of the hopper has two holes, so that it will pass out a grain of corn each time, both moving backward and forward, the apertnrein the platform I, through which the cprn falls to the ground, being directly under the axle of the machine.

By having the dropping done right under the axletree, it gives the machinea chance" to drop the last roivat the comingout, which other machines cannot do, in consequence of being-in rear.

The slide f is connected with an arm, I, which is of the same curvature as the bars H H, and fits between them, resting upon the rollera.

The arm Iis then attached to a projection, 71, on the shaft R, pivoted on the side beams B B.

The shaft or ,bar It is operated by the rod S, so as to more the slid f .back and forth. The plows O O=are taken off when it is nsedfor marking corn, using the front plow N alone. '1

It isintcnded to use from two to four arms, vith 4 I 1 i 'hoppers, &c., to drop four rows at a'tnne, or two, as

may be desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A corn-planter, so constructed as to have the dropping-boxes under the axle-tree, all as shownand described.

2. Th'e'hopper J, divided into two compartments,

provided with slide f, all arrangcd'and operating sub-' stantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The plowsO 0, attached to the platform I, and made adjustable by means of the pins or bolts (1 d, constructed and arranged substantially as herein set forth.

4. The combination and arrangement of the bars H H with roller 0, platform I, plows N,and O O,-hopper J, chain K, shaft L, and lever M, allsubstantially as shown and described.

5. The arrangement-of theslide f, arm I, shaft R, and rod S with the hopper J, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I;c -lain1 the foregoing, I have hereunto sct'my hand this 19th day of February,

' BENJAMIN F. TOMB.

Witnesses H. W. HUBBARD, A, C. BARBER. 

